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English Language Arts App: StoryKit

Description of App
StoryKit is a digital storytelling app for iPhones or iPads. It incorporates photos, voice recording, and even drawing to allow users to create a multi-dimensional “story.” StoryKit’s design is simple and clean, making it easily accessible to a variety of ages. Its capabilities in the classroom are endless, for both instructors and learners. However, StoryKit can also be used in non-educational settings as a way to document personal experiences and share them with others. StoryKit allows the user to easily share his/her project by uploading the “story” to the StoryKit server and issuing the user a private web address which can be emailed or shared on social media sites.

Benefits of App
  • Visual, auditory, and kinesthetic
  • Easy to use
  • Appropriate for elementary students up to adults
  • Has sharing capabilities
  • Only $.99, and comes with 4 free digital classic children’s books
  • Embodies mobile learning in situ idea, allowing students to create the “story” wherever they are, whenever they want

Constraints of App
  • Not necessarily the best quality images or best aesthetic presentation overall
  • Not always user friendly since it’s done through a mobile device and the interface is meant to be viewed on the app itself, rather than online
  • Photos must be on the device
  • Sharing capabilities are limited and the "shared version" of the story is not as engaging as the actual app version
  • Not available for Andriod devices

How To Use App

Original Artifact App (created by someone in your group)
Vermont Trip StoryKit

IDEAS for App:

Student USE |
  • Use in place of PowerPoint or VoiceThread for presentations/projects
  • Share projects with other students for group projects/collaborative learning
  • Use to storyboard videos, plays, etc.
  • Use as a starting point for writing creative short stories.

Teacher USE |
  • Use as mini-lessons or introductions to units in any content area
  • Use as timelines in various content areas (especially Social Studies and Language Arts)
  • Use as a mode of inquiry-based learning in all content areas
  • Use as before, during, and after comprehension strategies